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• This Guy’s iPhone Fell Out Of A Plane And Survived To Show The Tale
• Plant A Tree For Every Lingerie Item You Buy!
• A Surprising Amount Of Soil And Gas Were Found On This Asteroid
• Sexier Than Sexy
• The Fake Dome of The Church of St. Ignatius
• Scientists Surprised To Discover Some Corals That Can Survive Through Heat Waves
• Meet The Man Who Shrinks Big Data
• World of Warcraft’s Pacifist Panda Reaches Level 60 By Picking Millions of Flowers
• Evidence of the Oldest Gynaecological Treatment on Record
• McDonald's Introduces the Oreos and Spam Burger
• How to Play a Fiery Victorian Christmas Game and Not Get Burned
• True Facts: Army Ant Riders

This Guy’s iPhone Fell Out Of A Plane And Survived To Show The Tale Posted: 18 Dec 2020 09:17 PM PST Wow, this iPhone is sturdy as hell. Filmmaker Ernesto Galiotto dropped his iPhone 6 out of a plane from a 300-meter height. Fortunately, it wasn't time for Galiotto to spend more money to buy a new phone, as his phone survived the fall. The phone was intact, with the screen's protector the only thing damaged. That was already a wonderful miracle, but here's the best part: his phone was able to film its descent!  "It is something that, if you tell someone, they wouldn't believe you," Galiotto told G1.  Since Galiotto was taking a video at the time the iPhone left his hand, the device continued shooting video during the fall. Unfortunately, the video isn't as beautiful as you might imagine; the phone was constantly spinning so the video it took is just one big blur until the phone hits the sand. Check out the video over at G1.  This is not the first time an iPhone has survived a fall from an airplane. In 2015, a Texas man dropped his iPhone from 9,300 feet and found it scratched by working, though his external battery was missing.  Image via Mashable

Plant A Tree For Every Lingerie Item You Buy! Posted: 18 Dec 2020 09:17 PM PST You don't have to go outside and plant saplings in your lingerie (please don't). Have fun and help safe the Earth? Sounds like a win-win to me! Designer Bei Kuo's lingerie line, The End is not only made with environmentally-friendly materials, but for every product sold from the line, they plant a tree:  Having The End be environmentally friendly was also key to her ethos as a designer, and so not only is every garment made using organic cotton (with 95% of the brand's packaging constructed from recyclable and biodegradable materials too) but they work with non-profit One Tree Planted in order to plant a tree for every product sold. After all, the threat of the climate crisis can be a real mood-killer. Of course, sustainability is about wearability too: making pieces that will be long-loved and well-worn. "Most of all, I wanted them to be able to mix and match with your day-to-day outfits," Bei says. "Even though they are undergarments, my designs are almost meant to be worn as outerwear."  With metal hoops and barbells that allude to intimate piercings, an abundance of industrial-style fastenings, and crotchless "easy exits" built in, it's not your typical Victoria's Secret-style fare and honestly, that's exactly what we love about it. "Not gonna lie, I sometimes will go to those cheap fetish shops for inspiration," says Bei. "The tackier the better." 100% agreed. Image via i-D

A Surprising Amount Of Soil And Gas Were Found On This Asteroid Posted: 18 Dec 2020 09:15 PM PST A major scientific milestone, that's what officials are calling the amount of materials the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa 2 retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu.The materials were dropped by the spacecraft back to Earth in a pan-shaped capsule, as AP News details:   The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said its staff initially spotted some black particles sitting on the bottom of the capsule's sample catcher when they pulled out the container on Monday. By Tuesday, scientists found more of the soil and gas samples in a compartment that stored those from the first of Hayabusa's two touchdowns on the asteroid last year. "We have confirmed a good amount of sand apparently collected from the asteroid Ryugu, along with gases," JAXA Hayabusa2 project manager Yuichi Tsuda said in a video message during an online news conference. "The samples from outside of our planet, which we have long dreamed of, are now in our hands." Tsuda called the successful return of the asteroid soil and gas samples "a major scientific milestone." Image via AP News

Sexier Than Sexy Posted: 18 Dec 2020 09:15 PM PST Do you know what's sexier than the photos you see in fashion magazines? It's a clean house. That's right. A clean and organized house is much sexier than anything else, and this man is promoting that kind of sexy on social media. Meet Corey Peters, a dad from Rehobeth, Alabama, who has decided to share his insights on what "sexy" means when you're a family man. No, it's not about striking sexy poses for pics with fancy Instagram filters in exotic locations with a kid in your arms. It's actually as simple as cleaning the house and showing a positive example as a husband who helps out around the house as well as a dad who's showing what a clean and tidy home ought to look like. When you think about it, it brings a whole new meaning to "talk dirty to me". [...] "After being with a woman for 7 years, I promise you there ain't nothing sexier than sending her some [hot flame emoji] pics like this…" Now that's hot. See the photos over at Bored Panda. What are your thoughts about this one? (Image Credit: Corey Peters/ Bored Panda)

The Fake Dome of The Church of St. Ignatius Posted: 18 Dec 2020 09:13 PM PST If there was a place on Earth you would go and ask yourself "doth my eyes deceiveth me?", that place would be the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome, which is just a block away from the Pantheon. The first thing most visitors do when they step inside this church dedicated to the founder of the Jesuit order is look up at the sumptuous frescoes that decorate the huge ceiling. The grandiose fresco painted by Andrea Pozzo depicts the triumph of St. Ignatius and the apostolic goals of Jesuit missionaries, eager to expand the reach of Roman Catholicism across the world. The ceiling appears to be a high and vaulted decorated with statues and populated with flying figures. In reality the roof is flat. Pozzo gave the ceiling an illusion of height using anamorphic techniques. A marble disk set into the middle of the nave floor marks the ideal spot from which observers might fully experience the illusion. This isn't the only illusion found in the church. Learn about more of them over at Amusing Planet. Amazing. (Image Credit: Andreas Faessler/ Wikimedia Commons)

Scientists Surprised To Discover Some Corals That Can Survive Through Heat Waves Posted: 18 Dec 2020 09:12 PM PST As climate change accelerates, heat waves have become more and more common, and with more heat waves come more coral deaths. It turns out, however, that some corals have the capacity to survive and recover from heat waves. A team of scientists published these findings recently in the journal Nature Communications. Corals and algae have a mutually beneficial relationship. The corals are made up of colonies of tiny invertebrates, called polyps, that live in the crevices. Polyps house photosynthetic algae, and in exchange for a place to live, the algae provide them with an abundance of food and a nice touch of color. But even a small hike in the water temperature triggers corals to dispel the algae, causing them to bleach and turn a ghostly shade of white. Bleaching doesn't exactly kill the corals, but it leaves them vulnerable to disease or starvation, and the corals only have a small window to recover before it's too late. A team of researchers zeroed in on Christmas Island, also known as Kiritimati, to study brain and star corals in the midst of a heat wave that lasted from 2015 to 2016. It is the third largest coral bleaching event in recorded history, and it lasted for an unyielding ten months, according to a press release. The team tagged, photographed and tracked individual corals around the island to see how they were faring throughout the relentless heat wave, reports Donna Lu for New Scientist. More details about this over at Smithsonian Magazine. This is great news! (Image Credit: Acropora at English Wikipedia)

Meet The Man Who Shrinks Big Data Posted: 18 Dec 2020 07:56 PM PST As a kid growing up in St. Thomas in the U.S Virgin Islands, Jelani Nelson would teach himself how to code from the textbooks he picked up during his visits to the U.S mainland. Now, he devotes a lot of time to making it easier for children to study computer science. AddisCoder, the free summer program he founded in 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has now taught computer science to over 500 high students. He now also creates cutting-edge algorithms designed to compress big data sets into smaller components — a type of system that has massive memory-saving benefits. Learn more about Nelson's life and work over at Quanta Magazine. (Image Credit: Constanza Hevia for Quanta Magazine)

World of Warcraft’s Pacifist Panda Reaches Level 60 By Picking Millions of Flowers Posted: 18 Dec 2020 07:56 PM PST As it says in its title, the game World of Warcraft is a game about war. In order for a person to level up in this game, he has to kill beasts such as dragons and boars, and he has to beat other players in battle. But while other players are leveling up via brutal means, a pandaren monk named DoubleAgent is picking flowers. Day after day, this player would do the same thing, and after 17 days, he leveled up to 60, the game's current level cap. What's even more impressive is that he's done it all without ever leaving the Wandering Isle, a start zone only meant for players below level 10. The reason Doubleagent never left the Wandering Isle is because he'd have to choose one of Warcraft's two factions to enlist in: The Alliance or the Horde. That'd mean becoming a pawn in two military regimes responsible for the slaughter of millions. [...] It's hard to overstate just how tedious this accomplishment is. The Wandering Isle is a zone meant for brand-new characters and only rewards a paltry amount of experience for killing creatures there or, in Doubleagent's case, picking flowers used for the herbalism skill. Every hour that Doubleagent spends playing, he simply runs in a circle, clicking on flowers as they respawn. Now that's determination. Well, what do you think? (Image Credit: NeutralAgent/ Twitter)

Evidence of the Oldest Gynaecological Treatment on Record Posted: 18 Dec 2020 07:56 PM PST Embed from Getty Images An archaeological dig in Qubbet el-Hawa, Egypt, has unearthed ten mummies from a common burial chamber. One of those mummies belonged to a woman named Sattjeni A, as her coffin was labeled. She lived around 4,000 years ago. Between her bandaged legs, in the lower part of the pelvis and beneath the linen wrappings, the researchers found a ceramic bowl with signs of use, containing charred organic remains. The analysis of the skeletal remains was carried out by a team of anthropologists from the UGR (coordinated by Professor Botella) and it confirmed that the woman had survived a serious fracture in her pelvis, perhaps caused by a fall, which must have caused severe pain. It is highly likely that, to alleviate these pains, the woman was treated with fumigations, as described in medical papyri of the time describing solutions to gynaecological problems. "The most interesting feature of the discovery made by the researchers from the University of Jaén is not only the documentation of a palliative gynaecological treatment, something that is quite unique in Egyptian archaeology, but also the fact that this type of treatment by fumigation was described in contemporary medical papyri. But, until now, there had been no evidence found to prove that such treatment was actually carried out," explains the UJA's Dr. Alejandro Jimenez, an expert in Egyptology and director of the Qubbet el-Hawa Project. This work has now been published by one of the most prestigious academic journals in Egyptology, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Spracheund Altertumskunde. The researchers did not say whether the broken pelvis contributed to Sattjeni A's death. It is touching to think that those who prepared her for burial wanted to continue her pain-relief treatment into the afterlife. Read more about this find at Universidad de Granada. -via Strange Company

McDonald's Introduces the Oreos and Spam Burger Posted: 18 Dec 2020 05:55 PM PST Like chocolate syrup and pickled pigs' feet, some foods just naturally belong together. McDonald's China division recently discovered that Oreo cookies and Spam are complementary ingredients. Kotaku reports that the Oreo Spam burger will go on sale on December 21. It will be limited to a run of 400,000. Perhaps, like the McRib, it will be occasionally returned to the menu for hungry fans. Image: McDonald's of China

How to Play a Fiery Victorian Christmas Game and Not Get Burned Posted: 18 Dec 2020 01:57 PM PST Some years ago, we learned about snapdragon, a Christmas game that involves sticking your hand in a bowl of flaming brandy to snatch a raisin. While it sounds painful and dangerous, the game was a part of Christmas tradition for hundreds of years. The staff at Atlas Obscura got together on Zoom to find out why, by playing the game themselves.   True, all of us hesitated before putting our hands into the fire. As the writer of this piece, I took it upon myself to snatch out the first almond. "It's fine, no pain!" I shouted, showing off the burning nut before popping it in my mouth. Soon, we were all grabbing at the raisins and almonds fearlessly. While brief bursts of heat did make us occasionally snatch our hands away, the sting faded quickly, and no one got burned. Some early accounts of snapdragon recommended throwing salt on the flames, without any explanation of what it would do. As it happens, pinches of salt tossed on the fire makes the flames pop and flare brilliant gold, for just a second. While we started the game nervous about dipping our hands into literal fire, it soon became clear that snapdragon is really, really fun. So why does no one play it anymore? A U.S. Forest Service fire scientist explains why the game works, and we get a recipe for proper snapdragon fire at Atlas Obscura. (Image: public domain)

True Facts: Army Ant Riders Posted: 18 Dec 2020 01:56 PM PST Army ants are pretty scary. They are numerous, carnivorous, and relentless. But even army ants have enemies and parasites, those other bugs that are brave enough to infiltrate and even imitate army ants. Ze Frank describes what an army ant's day is like, and what enemies they may encounter. It's pure nightmare fuel.

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